The Three Words Project: Short Stories Inspired by Readers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780991642984)

Banana. Elephantine. Kendama. -- What kind of worlds can be created from just three words? In the summer of 2014, I asked the readers of my email newsletter to send me just three words, which I would use to inspire flash fiction pieces I'd write on the spot. The project ended up a lot more popular than I expected, with dozens of word sets coming in both that summer and the following winter. The words ranged from fedora to susurrus, from explosion to widdershins, and I was inspired to write flash fiction stories just as diverse in content. From a time traveler stuck on hold while being chased by a dinosaur, to family inheritance dispute, a magician's quarrel to a private investigator on New Mars, not to mention a haunted bone garden and a Viking coming of age story, these stories run the gamut of time and space in bite-sized pieces. Each comes labeled with the three words that inspired it, both as a tribute to the original reader and as a fun glimpse into the mind of a writer at play.

Author: Alex C. Hughes
ISBN-10: 0991642988
ISBN-13: 9780991642984
Publisher: Alexandra Hughes LLC
Language: English
Published: 11/24/2015
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.15d